October 12, 2011, 5:34PM

After being asked by Mayor Sam Adams and Police Captain Sara Westbrook to cease blocking SW Main Street, most Occupy Portland protesters complied. However, some refused to move, and both protesters and police began to prepare for the possibility of arrests.

November 10, 2011, 5:11PM

The City of Portland on Thursday set a midnight Saturday deadline for the Occupy Portland movement to disband their encampment at Lownsdale and Chapman square parks. At 12:01 a.m., anyone still in the park will be subject to the regular rules and ordinances, which include no camping, etc. Hundreds of Portland police officers will be ready to move in and clear the park early Sunday morning. Protesters appear to be evenly split on how to proceed. Some want to move to other parts of the city or indoors; others swore to stay and fight the eviction.

November 11, 2011, 1:32PM

As Occupy Portland emerged as one of the nation’s most news-making spinoffs of the Wall Street occupation of New York City’s Zucotti Park, Occupy Mosier may have been the country’s humblest. If urban issues stole many of the headlines about Occupy Portland — problems with crime, drugs, alcohol, garbage, sanitation and rats — Occupy Mosier resembled its teetotaling cousin. While the Occupy Portland narrative starred a sometimes discomfiting cast of earnest political dissenters, radical anarchists, substance abuses, students, transients and the mentally ill, Mosier’s camp filled nightly with activists and families. And while Occupy Portland began as a march and evolved into a social experiment — part settlement, part civil disobedience, part demonstration — organizers conceived of Occupy Mosier as a more single-minded endeavor.

November 11, 2011, 5:04PM

As Occupy Portland prepares for its upcoming eviction, protesters from within the camp share their thoughts on what might transpire. Portland Police Chief Mike Reese expresses optimism that the tents are starting to come down, and explains how civil disobedience arrests can occur as peacefully as possible.